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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/1] Input: don't modify the id of ioctl-provided ff effect on upload failure
On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 01:16:36PM +0100, Elias Vanderstuyft wrote:
> If a new (id == -1) ff effect was uploaded from userspace,
> ff-core.c::input_ff_upload() will have assigned
> a positive number to the new effect id.
> Currently, evdev.c::evdev_do_ioctl() will save this new id to userspace,
> regardless of whether the upload succeeded or not.
>
> On upload failure, this can be confusing because the dev->ff->effects[] array
> will not contain an element at the index of that new effect id.
>
> This patch fixes this by leaving the id unchanged after upload fails.
>
> Note: Unfortunately applications should still expect changed effect id for
> quite some time.
>
> This has been discussed on:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-input@vger.kernel.org/msg08513.html
> ("ff-core effect id handling in case of a failed effect upload")
>
> Suggested-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Elias Vanderstuyft <elias.vds@gmail.com>
> Cc: Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@iki.fi>
> Cc: Michal Malý <madcatxster@devoid-pointer.net>
> Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

Applied, thank you, and sorry for the delay.

> ---
> v2:
> Only added one line to the commit message to say
> what this patch actually does,
> instead of only stating the reason why it's submitted.
>
> drivers/input/evdev.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c
> index a06e125..ce953d8 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/evdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c
> @@ -954,11 +954,13 @@ static long evdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> return -EFAULT;
>
> error = input_ff_upload(dev, &effect, file);
> + if (error)
> + return error;
>
> if (put_user(effect.id, &(((struct ff_effect __user *)p)->id)))
> return -EFAULT;
>
> - return error;
> + return 0;
> }
>
> /* Multi-number variable-length handlers */
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>

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Dmitry
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